Xiaomi tests Android Oreo on smartphones Mi 5 and Mi Mix

Launching MIUI 9, Xiaomi has promised to update more than 40 smartphones right up to the 2012 model year Mi 2, but the older the device, the less likely to get a fresh version of Android. We were even a little surprised when our colleagues from XDA Developers found test firmware based on Android 8 Oreo for the flagships of the year before last - Xiaomi Mi 5 and Mi Mix.

Is MIUI 10 on the way?

Initially Xiaomi Mi 5 and Xiaomi Mi Mix worked on Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and in the autumn smart phones received MIUI 9 with Nougat. There are no details about the new firmware with Oreo yet, but since even in the newest models of the manufacturer the shell is based on Android 7.1, it can be about the next version of MIUI 10 . Recently, the network received a preliminary list of candidates for renewal:

• Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, Mi Mix , upcoming Mi MIX 2S
• Xiaomi Mi 6, Mi 5S Plus, Mi 5S, Mi 5 , Mi 5X, Mi 4S, Mi 4C, Mi 4, Mi 3
• Xiaomi Mi Note 3, Mi Note 2
• Xiaomi Mi Max 2, Mi Max Prime, Mi Max,
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A, Redmi Note 4X, Redmi Note 4, Redmi Note 3, Redmi Note 3 Pro / Prime, Redmi Note 2, Redmi Note 4G Prime,
• Xiaomi Redmi 5, Redmi 5 Plus, Redmi 5A, Redmi Y1, Redmi Y1 Lite, Redmi 4, Redmi 4X, Redmi 4 Prime, Redmi 4, Redmi 4A, Redmi Pro, Redmi 3S Prime, Redmi 3S, Redmi 3, Redmi 3X
• Mi Pad 3, Mi Pad 2, Mi Pad

Both models are mentioned in the list, but the flagship Xiaomi Mi 7 and the lackey Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S should be the first smartphones of the brand with Android 8 Oreo on board.

Source: XDA Developers